Pope John XXIII"It is not the Gospel that changes; it is we who begin to understand it better The moment has arrived when we must recognize the signs of the times, seize the opportunity, and look far ahead." Pope John XXIII (1881 1963) was the "transitional" pope elected in 1958 who revolutionized the church by convening the Second Vatican Council. He set the tone for the historic Council by speaking of the need for "updating" or aggiornamento, "opening the windows"

Leo Tolstoy is best known for his novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina

With their creative collaboration

it has uncanny relevance for the typical North American parish

AMECEA Gaba Pastoral Institute

preaching and speaking on contemporary biblical discipleship

Wolfhart Pannenberg

serving the sick

Jerome's University

a Christian missionary and an African diviner challenge and compare one another’s views on fundament theological questions

and women's studies

Daughter of Wisdom*

a witness for peace